WEEKLY ACTIVITIES REPORT #19 FOR PERIOD 5 - 11 MAY 1960

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• Publication Date: May 11, 1960
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Office Memorandum ? UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
DATE: 1.1 Ma;.960
25X1A6b FROM : Deputy for Training,
SUBJECT: Weekly Activities Report #19 for Period 5 - 11 May 1960
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1. JOT's returned. after the week's break with no discernible
changes; however, the few students selected for the 5X1A2d1
immediately ran into difficulty with the balance of the class in
maintaining their cover story relative to their future assignment.
On the basis of ray conversations with COS, who in turn brought the
matter to the attention of Mr. the DTR spoI;e to tt:.(25X1A9a
assembled JOT's at 7:30, Wednesday morning. In essence, he said
that although curiosity is a natural part of a human being and gave
examples in their prior life, under the circumstances inherent in
their membership in the Clandestine Services, it was unprofessional
and unwarranted. He asked. each to give his fellow classmates and
friends a break and cease the interrogation. As of the moment,
I have had no opportunity to assess the effectiveness of Mr. Bairc's
remarks. 25X1A9a
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Relative to your instructions to concernin his chc-ice
of those JOT's which do not warrant promotion, =00i
raised a25X1A9a
number of questions and was generally opposed to the process because
there was really little basis on which to make such judgment. Since
Mr. Baird was immediately available, I had Bill explain the combined
feelings of and himself. The DTR's most 25X1A9a
pertinent comment was that those JOT's whose attitude left something
to be desired., who were yet satisfactorily performing in die course,
but could do better if they fully applied themselves, should. not be
promoted automatically; further, any individual who was giving his all
but indicated shortcomings in any specific area should-be advised of
his deficiencies and told. that if he showed sufficient improvement
during the last portion of the course, he would be promoted at that
time. He also voiced the opinion that perhaps as many as forty or
forty-five should not be promoted at the moment. As a result of this
discussion, Bill got together again with Ray and Cal and.considereti
the situation from the opposite point of view; i.e., coming up with
a list of those individuals that should be promoted, and this might
well be only ten or fifteen. The DTR still expects to have a difl-ii,-Ave
list of one category or another when he leaves later today.
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2. continued drafting the OC #10
schedule. Their progress has been good, and they have assured me
that they will meet the 18 May deadline. This draft will be complete
and workable and, as a schedule, could. be put into effect as con-
structed.. There have been no apparent repercussions from 5X1A9a
after your discussion with him, outlining what we had initiated while
he was in Headquarters.
3. The M#18 began 9 May with only five students enrolled,25X1A9a
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one of whom is a member of John
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says that they are all good men and will undoubtedly get a great deal
out of the course, but he is disappointed that his swan song has so
few participants.
4. We had. a very interesting, and, we trust, fruitful visit
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with Mr. nd his guests from ICA, a high-powered
group, which took the opportunity to relax which the facilities
and. particularly, afforded them. At the same
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time, however, there was a gre a of candid. and benefic1.al
discussion generated. by the questions and opinions of those who
attended. Many of the things which came out of the conversations gad r
no direct bearing on Training per se, but,-'am- sure were useful to
handling gave them a very
2X1A9a in handling problems on cover.
informal briefing and tried to answer whatever questions they had.
Their most pertinent comment from our standpoint was that they would
certainly like to see a training program such as ours be a prerequisite
for their employees who are going overseas. A number of the visitors
had friends on our staff with whom they had served in overseas
situations. In a number of cases, we were able to get such interested
parties together.
5. Mr.-brought with him on Tuesday, Mr. 25X1A9a
2.1A 25X1C Chief, FIM for the purpose of giving the latter, who had not
previously een an opportunity to see first-hand what
25X1C we do and what we have to d.o it with. C/OS handled the briefing an
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tour personally with some assistance from
2FX1A9a There was no schedule, but Mr. as shown everything of value
to him. Comments from the sta ed Mr. was not jus-25X1A9a
interested in what we did. here, but showed. exc insight into
many of the aspects of our training, and relating so much of what he
saw and heard. to actual requirements with which he was concerned..
It was also noted. that he was most businesslike in his attitude.
I enjoyed the short time I had. with him and invited. him to come down
when he had time to go more deeply into the specifics of oir train-fn-,
programs.
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6. We enjoyed a brief chat with
whose visits
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are always refreshing and a bright spo in t e day.
purpose was a familiarization tri
for M
Her primary
p
rs. who
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accompanied. her. Mrs. - is being reassigned to the Office
of the Director of Training.
7. Mrs. came aboard on 9 Ma and has been
temporarily assigned to the Office of the DT,
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